Flight 3770 News Today

>> this is many laze yeah here and vietnam here. cam bosnia on the left side. >> as the plane reaches its cruising algt tuesday, the pilots can relax a little. so can the passengers. its 1:19 in the morning and a voice from the cockpit addresses air traffic control for flight 370, its been a routine evening. coming up, an aircraft with 239 people aboard vanishes completely. >> its got to be some practical joke. and then it stayed missing and it stayed missing.

>> what began as a routine flight for malaysia airlines 370 became the total opposite. leaving behind unending grief and unanswered questions. flight 370, the final hours. here in the cockpit of this malaysian airlines plane, the captain trains this co-pilot to fly the aircraft. calculations, notes and a rare towering storm to avoid. >> see it on the radar penetrating yellow and red. >> adjustments made, the trainee touches down moments later. a perfect landing. its february 2014 and the

Beijing from kuala lumpur. it was a boeing 777-200. it was expected to land at 6:30 a.m. local time. now, its almost 9:00 in the morning in beijing right now. that means that plane is 2 1/2 hours late. >> the confusion, concern and fear at that hour, completely predictable. everyone dreaded the worst, a terrible accident. >> we have confirmed this flight, mh-370 lost contact with air traffic control at 3:40 a.m. this morning. >> most people at initial stage thought that it was a straightforward ...

Thailand, cruising comfortably in a boeing 777. >> the 777 was a pivotal aircraft for boeing and the 777 has a sterling safety record. >> its extremely safe. its triple redundant. theres at least three backups for every system, electrical, hydraulic. >> in the cockpit of flight 370, sahari ahmed shaw, a captain with over 18,000 hours in the air and a stellar reputation. >> hes the kind of guy i want to fly with. hes everything that you would want to have taking you down to the ground on that dar...

>> how could a plane disappear. >> this is really a race against time. >> i want to know. one way or the other, i want to know. >> good evening to you. i am ari melbur in for lawrence, odonnell. for the first time tonight, were learning about the conversation between the cockpit crew of malaysia flight 370 and air traffic controllers. a transcript of the last 54 minutes of communication with the jetliner was released by the british telegraph newspaper. that ended with a line from the co-pilot th...